In this blog, I would like to talk about looking after pre-teen and young teen’s skins. There comes a time when our children start to enter puberty when we begin thinking about introducing them to a good skincare routine. This process can be fraught with challenges. If you introduce them to a routine that is similar to yours, it can be too much for their still-developing skin. Until a ch[...]

Many of you will be using one of our fantastic Janesce floral mists and may have noticed that sometimes you will have a bottle where a dark ring or spots can end up floating on the top of the mist.  This can create a bit of confusion, and it is easy to assume that something is wrong with your mist, but it is merely a sign that we use concentrated whole plant extracts in our mists, not[...]

There are many amazing plants used in the Janesce skincare products. Marshmallow is yet another plant with many skin benefits. Its Latin name Althea officinalis, is from the Greek word ‘althane’, meaning to heal. Marshmallow a hardy perennial herb growing to just over a metre high. It has really pretty small white or pink flowers with heart-shaped leaves that are covered in a soft, de[...]

Heartsease is plant used in the Janesce skincare range that is really helpful for soothing dry or disrupted skin. Its Latin name is Viola Tricolor which refers to the three colours found on the flowers. It is commonly known as wild pansy or heartsease. Heartsease looks exactly like a pansy except in miniature. Jan, the founder of Janesce, tells me it is a very easy to grow but these littl[...]

One of the plant extracts used extensively in Janesce skincare products is calendula, or as it is known in Latin, Calendula officinalis. The name "calendula" comes from the plant's tendency to bloom according to the calendar, either once a month or with the new moon. Jan Smith, the founder of Janesce, calls calendula ‘Natures Healer’ because the extract from the flowers has an amazin[...]